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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1933

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Flood Fears Allayed Position Improved on North Coast

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 June 1933 · page 12

SYDNEY, Thursday. Fears of serious damage from rivers whish are overflowing their banks in many parts of the…

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Gale in Bight Ormiston Delayed FREMANTLE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 6

The interstate steamer Ormiston, which should have reached Fremantle yesterday afternoon, did not enter port until to-day, having been delayed by a gale in the…

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Party Storm Sir H. Gullett's Denial Concluding Controversy Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 10

Replying to-day to the statement by Senator W. Carroll (W.A.) in the Senate last night that he hoped he had not sunk so low that it was necessary for him to…

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Flood Danger Passes Roads Are Open, But Damaged a Wet Week-end? Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 7

Although heavy rain fell on parts of the North Coast yesterday, the area in which floods were feared escaped and all…

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Maher Cup Again a Storm Centre

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 June 1933 · page 3

The Maker Cup, the centre of more disputes than, perhaps, any other football trophy in New South Wales, is again without…

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Storm at Lambton Mayor Called "A Goat" Council Adjourned

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 June 1933 · page 5

An alderman at the Lambton Council meeting last night called the Mayor (Ald. Box) a "silly goat."…

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Covering of Storm Water Drain

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 12

The Mayor (Alderman Lloyd) and Alderman Jefferson were last night appointed to wait as a deputation on the engineer in charge of Public…

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14 Persons Dead Severe Cyclone in Japan Enormous Damage Done Tokio, June 15

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 9

Fourteen persons are known to be dead and hundreds of houses have been demolished by one of the most severe cyclones experienced in the Gumma and…

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United States Attempt "To Bluff" Australia Wheat "Dumping" Threat Us. Dares Not Flood World's Markets Wild Press Campaign Against Australia Unfounded Rumors Broadcast London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 1

Experts assert that the reported American threat to dump 365,000,000 bushels of wheat indiscriminately on the world market, if Australia does not modify her opposition to the proposal for restricting…

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Outlawing Nazis Austrian Cabinet Decides Bombs Thrown Attempt to Flood City (Australian Press Association.) VIENNA, June 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1933 · page 7

An extraordinary meeting of Cabinet considered the outrage at Krems, where 20 people were injured, nine seriously, when three hand grenades…

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New Move in League War Storm Centre Is in Sydney Local Control Fight

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 1

The storm centre of the Rugby League dispute over the residential qualifications rule will be transferred on Monday night to…

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Sudden Deluge Flood Rain In Victoria Roads Inundated Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1933 · page 7

Heavy falls of rain were experienced in many parts of Victoria on Friday night and yesterday, some places being flooded. The largest registrations were in the…

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Storm-water Drain at Wallsend Nearing Completion

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 June 1933 · page 8

In a few weeks' time work on the stormwater channel at Wallsend will be completed. During the pant eighteen months…

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Flood Toll Indian Villages Destroyed Thousands Homeless Calcutta, June 25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 June 1933 · page 7

Widespread floods through a clash between two monsoons have occurred in Upper Central India. Villages have been destroyed, thousands are homeless, over 50…

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Eating Sawdust Chinese in Flood Area Cannibalism Feared Further Disaster Likely (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI, June 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 8

The White Swastika relief organisation at Harbin reports that terrible conditions exist in the Hallun and Suihwa territory, which has never recovered from the…

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Japanese Floods Many Houses Demolished TOKIO, July 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 July 1933 · page 8

Cables from Fusan state that the Rakutoke River has overflowed its banks. The week's rain—the heaviest for eight years—is spreading destruction, and already 20…

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Storm at Sea When Collier Disappeared Wireless About Wreckage Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 7

A graphic account of the cyclonic storm, which raged near Gabo on June 24, is contained in the log of the Koranui, which was made available by the master…

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Floods Maroon Thousands Tokio, July 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 5

Naval assistance has been invoked for the rescue of thousands of people who have been marooned owing to the flooding of the Rakutoko River. The…

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Police Marooned By Floods Two Days in Bush Hut Taree

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 1

Ten miles from telephone and telegraph facilities, and surrounded by rain-swollen rivers and creeks, roaring…

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Christina Fraser Inquiry Into Disappearance "Foundered in Gale" Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 9

A full inquiry into the cause of the loss of the collier Christian Fraser will be held in Sydney by the Marine Court within the next fortnight. A preliminary…

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